Toy



V. E. FERMIER.

. TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2!,1919. 1,332,822.

Patented Mar. 2,1920.

INVENTOR 7E, 1 2 1 172 1 WITNESSES Y A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

VICTOR EMANUEL FERMIER, OF FORNEY, TEXAS.

TOY.

Application filed July 21, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIoToR E. FERMIER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Forney, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in toys, and has for its object toprovide a toy of the motion type, wherein a figure is mounted on awheeled support and is controlled by the movement of the vehicle to movein imitation of the normal movement of the figure.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved y;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 3 is a front view, with the body of the support in section;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the wheel;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the wheel;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the platform.

In the present embodiment of the invention, a suitable support isprovided, consisting of a platform 1 to whose under face is secured apair of check or bearing plates 2 and a tongue 3 is secured between thebearing plates at oneend of the platform, the tongue inclining upward asshown.

These cheek plates are also connected at the front of the platform'by aconnecting block L and a wheel 5 is journaled between the cheek plates,between the tongue and the filling block 4. This wheel is connected tothe cheek pieces by means of crank pins 67, and each of these pinsconsists ofa portion 6 which is journaled in the adjacent cheek piece atthe axis of the wheel, and a portion 7 ofiset laterally with respect tothe portion 6 and having at the end thereof a cross plate 8 which issecured to the adjacent face of the wheel.

A link 9 is pivoted to each crank pin on the portion 7 thereof, andthese links sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 312,21

an eccentric movement will be given to the figure. The rear end of thefigure, with the support moving forwardly from the position of Fig. 1,will first be moved slightly upward and then downward. The front endwill first move downward and then upward,

but the eccentric arrangement of the crank journaled pins will impart aneccentric movement to the figure to simulate the galloping of a rabbit.

I claim:

1. A motion toy comprising a support, a wheel for the support, crankedpins connecting the wheel with the support, each pin comprising aportion axial to the wheel and journaled in the support and a portioneccentric to the wheel and secured thereto, a figure, and linksconnecting the figure with those portions of the cranked pins adjacentto the wheel.

2. A motion toy comprising a support, a wheel for the support, crankedpins connecting the wheel with the support, each pin comprising aportion axial to the wheel and journaled in the support and a portioneccentric to the wheel and secured thereto,

- a figure, and a connection between the said figure and those portionsof the cranked pins adjacent to the wheel for supporting and moving thesaid figure.

3. A motion toy, comprising a wheeled support, crank pins connecting thewheel with the support, each pin comprising two portions ofisetlaterally with respect to each other, one portion being journaled in thesupport and the other portion being secured eccentric-ally to the wheel,a figure, and connections between the figure and the first namedportions for the purpose specified.

VICTOR EMANUEL FERMIER.

